Child sacrifice was thought to be rare in their culture. This chilling discovery suggests foreign invaders played a role.

A new discovery tells of a turbulent episode in the Mayan city of Tikal according to the researchers who unearthed an ancient ...

Tikal is a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of Guatemala—far flung from Mexico’s ancient city of Teotihuacan. The ...

On the Caribbean coastline of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula lies the gorgeous seaside town of Tulum, one of the last cities built and inhabited by the mighty Mayan people.

Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered ancient Mayan pottery in a cave system a little more than 10 miles away from downtown Playa de Carmen.

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, ...

A 1,000-year-old altar from Mexico's ancient Teotihuacan culture ... "It is the strongest evidence we have to date, possibly of (Mayan) people who were deeply familiar with Teotihuacan culture ...

Photo by the National Institute of Anthropology and History Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered ancient Mayan pottery in a cave system a little more than 10 miles away from downtown Playa de ...